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one of them is it weakens the economy and strengthens the central government, and the central government is not managing the people's money well. and we have no interest, it appears, from this budget of listening to the american people and running their government better, leaner, more productive, get more bank for -- bang for the buck. what do we do? we ask for more money. we haven't done anything wrong. accepted us more money. and i have to urge my colleagues to honestly examine what the budget does. in addition to raising taxes, you would think that would help us, they say they have a balanced approach. we started -- if we started counting how many times my democratic colleagues used the word balance, i think it suggests a guilty conscience myself because the budget in no way comes close to balancing a budget. it doesn't pretend to. it explicitly rejects it. not an arbitrary date, not any date, not any date does it propose balancing the budget. and, in fact, because it makes no changes in the drivers of our debt, the big entitlement programs, the big welfare programs, the interest on t
one of them is it weakens the economy and strengthens the central government, and the central government is not managing the people's money well. and we have no interest, it appears, from this budget of listening to the american people and running their government better, leaner, more productive, get more bank for -- bang for the buck. what do we do? we ask for more money. we haven't done anything wrong. accepted us more money. and i have to urge my colleagues to honestly examine what the...
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control that can be turned against the government if the government talks action against iranian interests. so i think if you look at syria, the key things to keep into consideration are what are the multiple battlegrounds, and they'd be able to understand what we would define as enemy or adversary activity on those battlegrounds, and that could be a step toward understanding what could be done to support really the, an outcome there that will stop this humanitarian catastrophe of colossal scale, but do so in a way that's consistent with our interests and what i believe is the interest of all civilized people. >> thank you. i, um, there are dozens of questions in the room. i have several dozen more, but unfortunately, we've run out of time. i want to -- >> [inaudible] behalf laugh. >> i want to thank all of you who have been with us all day for this discussion and in particular dr. brzezinski, general mcmaster, i thank you both very much for joining us. [applause] [inaudible conversations]
control that can be turned against the government if the government talks action against iranian interests. so i think if you look at syria, the key things to keep into consideration are what are the multiple battlegrounds, and they'd be able to understand what we would define as enemy or adversary activity on those battlegrounds, and that could be a step toward understanding what could be done to support really the, an outcome there that will stop this humanitarian catastrophe of colossal...
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strength of local government. so how would you solve this? on the one hand you don't want to give money to corruption and on the other hand you want to start the government. how do you do that? >> that's a very good point. i'll say one thing. where it's true there were reports in the popular media and elsewhere don't give money directly to the haitian government or don't work. much of the rhetoric and the state department and hillary clinton was the most prominent example, that many, many others for changing their tune. in the early 1980s going back to that. , there was a major split within usaid and others to avoid tahitian government as much as possible. at that time they were saying volokh, the haitian government is notoriously corrupt and in the 1980s is a tater should. let's see what these parallel structures. it's been widely back eyes that but that's created as the clichÉd script that term goes a republic of ngos. it is well known and incontrovertible the system has weakened the capacity of government in h
strength of local government. so how would you solve this? on the one hand you don't want to give money to corruption and on the other hand you want to start the government. how do you do that? >> that's a very good point. i'll say one thing. where it's true there were reports in the popular media and elsewhere don't give money directly to the haitian government or don't work. much of the rhetoric and the state department and hillary clinton was the most prominent example, that many, many...
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better than a big, bloated federal government and the same old one-size-fits-all bureaucracy. better education, better health care, better opportunityings. opportunities. these are, excuse me, there are americans who still need jobs, families who deserve more take-home pay, students who must have great schools. of so many of them support democrats simply because we haven't done a good enough job offering them our internship. our alternative. we haven't been in their towns, their cities, their neighborhoods. but we're going to be. the rnc can't do this alone. so i ask my fellow republicans to think about what you can do and commit to building our party together. and to anyone listening online, i want to hear from you too. i want you to join me in a twitter q&a this afternoon at 1 p.m. eastern. just tweet @reince with the hash tag "opportunity." to those who have left the party, let me say this: we want to earn your trust again. to those who have yet to join us, we welcome you with open arms. there's more, there's more that unites us than you know, and my job is to try and make
better than a big, bloated federal government and the same old one-size-fits-all bureaucracy. better education, better health care, better opportunityings. opportunities. these are, excuse me, there are americans who still need jobs, families who deserve more take-home pay, students who must have great schools. of so many of them support democrats simply because we haven't done a good enough job offering them our internship. our alternative. we haven't been in their towns, their cities, their...
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the government. we, we measure success in government by just the opposite, by how many people are no longer dependent on the government not because we've kicked them into the street, not because we pushed them out to the curb, because we understand in this country that the true way to live the american dream is not to dream big about being dependent on government, it's about the power of people to control their own destiny through the benefits of a job in the private sector that brings true freedom and prosperity. [cheers and applause] you see, in america, america people don't grow up dreaming they're going to be dependent on the government. in america people don't come to this country as immigrants because someday they want to become dependent on the government. in america they live the american dream where if you work hard and you get a good education and can you pass it on to future generations, they can live the life of true freedom and prosperity that comes through true independence and not depe
the government. we, we measure success in government by just the opposite, by how many people are no longer dependent on the government not because we've kicked them into the street, not because we pushed them out to the curb, because we understand in this country that the true way to live the american dream is not to dream big about being dependent on government, it's about the power of people to control their own destiny through the benefits of a job in the private sector that brings true...
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government doesn't create self-sustaining jobs. government only creates government jobs. the private sector creates jobs where wealth is created in the private sector then. it's a responsibility to the government to create an environment for job growth, to create opportunity, opportunity for entrepreneurs that then create jobs and instead of raising taxes, what this country needs is more taxpayers, and you get more taxpayers by reducing the unemployment, and you do that by keeping money in the private sector, and besides that, government can provide this environment by instituting the rule of law, protecting property rights, a patent system, among many other things that i could probably mention. government consumes well. it does not create well. through economic freedom, entrepreneurs and individuals are free to innovate and prosper. this budget fails to recognize these simple principles. the budget presented by the deficit majority makes no effort to reduce deficits, reduce spending, balance the budget or grow the economy. instead, this budget seeks to grow government by
government doesn't create self-sustaining jobs. government only creates government jobs. the private sector creates jobs where wealth is created in the private sector then. it's a responsibility to the government to create an environment for job growth, to create opportunity, opportunity for entrepreneurs that then create jobs and instead of raising taxes, what this country needs is more taxpayers, and you get more taxpayers by reducing the unemployment, and you do that by keeping money in the...
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the government issues marriage licenses. the government decides who gets married in two dozen. so in 1967 there was a supreme court case, loving v. virginia, and blacks couldn't marry whites. they challenged that and the supreme court ruled that nine nothing. it was, they have ruled now 14 times about the fundamental right to marriage. from a legal standpoint there is no argument. you can make a moral standpoint if you want, but from a legal standpoint there is no argument. so we feel confident that i'm an outcome how broadly the supreme court will rule? that we don't know. >> tomorrow the nation's highest court hears oral arguments challenging california's proposition eight, a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in that state. c-span and c-span radio will have live coverage beginning at 1 p.m. eastern. the arguments along with reaction will play again on c-span tomorrow night at 8 p.m. eastern. on wednesday the court hears arguments over the constitutionality of the defense of marriage act, enacted during the bush administration. c-span and c-span radio will again have cov
the government issues marriage licenses. the government decides who gets married in two dozen. so in 1967 there was a supreme court case, loving v. virginia, and blacks couldn't marry whites. they challenged that and the supreme court ruled that nine nothing. it was, they have ruled now 14 times about the fundamental right to marriage. from a legal standpoint there is no argument. you can make a moral standpoint if you want, but from a legal standpoint there is no argument. so we feel confident...